"Nike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July as it featured the old version of the American flag", a spokesperson for the company told the newspaper.
"The Betsy Ross objection with the shoe for Nike translates into a loss of history", Slagle said.
Betsy Ross is credited with making the first American flag while working as an upholsterer during the Revolutionary War. In September 2018, Nike faced a boycott over an ad featuring Kaepernick and the words "Believe in something".
Nike's campaign with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick helped to inspire record engagement with the brand.
Kaepernick has been a polarizing figure since he started kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 to protest police brutality against minorities and racial injustice. Nike explained that the decision to halt the distribution of the new Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July model was based on how it could unintentionally offend people and how it could detract from the objective of the patriotic holiday. "Even if it means sacrificing everything".
While some took to Twitter to thank Nike and Kaepernick for yanking the sneaker, several Republican politicians were quick to condemn the company.
Now Nike is facing further criticism by customers offended by the decision to cancel the shoe's sale and by Kaepernick's alleged involvement.
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Lujan Grisham spokesman Tripp Stelnicki says the Democratic governor contacted Nike because she wants the jobs in New Mexico that would go to a planned $185 million factory in Goodyear, Arizona.
McConnell's call for US shoemakers to "pick up the flag and put it on a pair of shoes", is in contradiction of the US Flag Code - the set of rules determining how the US flag should and should not be displayed.
Nike is also facing the wrath of U.S. Sen.
"I am embarrassed for Nike", Ducey tweeted. The lawmaker in a tweet decried Nike as "anti-American, pure and simple".
According to some, the Ross flag has been co-opted by racists as a symbol of white nationalism, and therefore we're just supposed to just cede it to them and move on.
The statement came in response to a high school football event where the NAACP said some white students used the flag while attempting to intimidate players from a predominantly black school.
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